Organizational management
The concept of "local legal culture" is often used but rarely explained. Brian Ostrom and colleagues have suceeded in specifying what court organizational culture is, developed a method to assess it, a typology to classify it, and a method for using it to help manage organizational change in the state courts.
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2020
Role of Presiding Judges and Court Executive Officers Conducted for the State Justice Institute (SJI), CCJ, COSCA, and NAPCO, 2018-2020
Assessment of the Peoria Municipal Court for the City of Peoria, Arizona, 2020
Municipal Court Performance Audit Conducted for Lee's Summit, Missouri, 2018-2020
Information Technology Department Position Classification and Compensation Review for the Kansas Judicial Branch, 2019-2020
Position Classification and Compensation Review for the 23rd Judicial Circuit of Michigan, 2019-2020
Court Administrator Recruitment Assistance for the St. Louis County Circuit Court of Missouri, 2019-2020
National Summit on Sustaining Justice Through Innovation, Conducted via the State Justice Institute (SJI) for State Courts, 2019-2020
Opioid Task Force Response and Strategic Planning Initiative for the State Courts, via the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) and the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSC), 2017-2020
Strategic Planning Project for the Colorado Court of Appeals, 2019-2020
Court Job Classification Project for the Navajo Nation in Arizona, 2018-2019
Court Job Classification Project for the New Hampshire Administrative Office of the Courts, 2018-2019
Efficiency, Process, and Operations Review for the 17th Circuit Court of Illinois, 2018-2019
Law Practice Regulatory Functions Review for the Kansas Supreme Court, Office of Judicial Administration, 2018-2019
Position Classification and Compensation Analysis Project for the Kansas Supreme Court, Office of Judicial Administration, 2018-2019
Review of the Judicial Education Center at the University of New Mexico School of Law, 2019
Strategic Plan Development Project for the Judiciary of Guam, 2019
Strategic Plan Research and Development for the Kansas Supreme Court, Office of Judicial Administration (OJA), 2018-2019
Community Planning Project for the City of Portsmouth, Virginia Community Criminal Justice Board, 2018
Court Facility Consolidation Study for the Snohomish County, Washington District Court, 2016-2018
Court Organization Structure Review for the Newport News, Virginia Courts, 2017-2018
Court Staff Position and Pay Classification Study for the Fulton County, Georgia Courts, 2016-2018
High Performance Courts (HPC) Surveying Initiative for the 10th Judicial District of Kansas, 2018
Human Resources and Compensation Study for the St. Louis County, Missouri Courts, 2017-2018
Jail Time Review and Implementation Planning for the McHenry County, Illinois Courts, 2018
Job Classification and Compensation Study for the Missouri Circuit Courts, 2014-2018
Operational Assessment for the Greene County, Ohio Juvenile Court, 2016-2018
Operational Assessment for the Montgomery County, Ohio Courts, 2016-2018
Strategic Planning and Operating Standards Assistance for the St. Louis County, Missouri Circuit and Municipal Courts, 2017-2018
Strategic Planning Assistance for the Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Courts, 2018
Strategic Planning Campaign Documentation Project for the New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts, 2018
Strategic Planning for the Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana Family Juvenile Court, 2017-2108
Clerks’ Office Study for the Nebraska Supreme Court, 2017
Compensation and Classification Study for the Kansas Supreme Court Office of Judicial Administration, 2017
Costs and Fees Collections Improvement Planning for the Louisiana Supreme Court, 2017
Court Administrator and Probation Recruitment Assistance for the Lake County, Illinois Courts, 2017
Court Job Position Classification Study for the Nebraska Administrative Office of the Courts, 2017
Court Unification Study for the Supreme Court of the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2017
Governance Study and Recommendations for the Multnomah County, Oregon Circuit Court, 2017
Law Library and Self-Represented Litigant Services Evaluation for the Cochise County, Arizona Superior Court, 2017
Magistrate Operations and Workflow Analysis for the 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida, 2017
Municipal and District Court Services Study for the City of Vancouver, Washington, 2017
Operational Review for the Cuyahoga County, Ohio Courts, 2017
Process Re-Engineering and Redesign Consulting Services for the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts, 2017
Records Management Training Program Development for the Judicial Council of Georgia, Administrative Office of the Courts, 2017
State Court Administrator Recruitment Assistance for the Iowa Supreme Court, 2017
Workforce Planning and Process Study for the State Bar of California, 2017
Court Consolidation Impact Study for the Twenty-Fifth District Court of Michigan, 2016
Court Criminal Justice Cost Benefit Model (SJI Grant), 2016
Court Governance Implementation Project for the Indiana Courts, 2016
Efficiency and Operations Study for the Kansas City, Missouri Municipal Court, 2016
Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) Board Structural Analysis for the Minnesota Judicial Center, 2016
Municipal Court and Traffic Court Consolidation Review for the New Orleans, Louisiana Courts, 2016
Operational Assessment for the Fort Worth, Texas Municipal Court, 2016
Organizational Review for the Nebraska AOC, 2016
Recruitment Assistance for the Reno, Nevada Justice Court, 2016
Abuse and Neglect Strategic Planning for the Rhode Island Supreme Court, 2015
Best Practices Assessment for the Henderson, Nevada Municipal Court, 2015
Best Practices Assessment for the Missouri Municipal Courts, 2015
Court Employee Handbook Development for Lake County, Illinois, 2015
Court Strategic Planning for Gila River, Arizona, 2015
Criminal Case Processing Assessment for the Bernalillo County, New Mexico Courts, 2015
Douglas County, Nevada Operations Restructuring Project, 2015
Eugene, Oregon Community Justice System Status Reporting, 2015
Justice of the Peace Court Service Process for the State of Delaware, 2015
Operational Assessment for the Indiana Tax Court, 2015
Operations Improvement Project for the Shawnee County, Kansas District Courts, 2015
Seattle, Washington Criminal Division Reorganization, 2015
Strategic Planning for the Judiciary of Guam, 2015
Strategic Planning for the Judiciary of the Virgin Islands, 2015
Assistance with Designing a High Performance Court Planning and Management Process for the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, Municipal Court (SJI Grant), 2014
Governance Assessment of the Chatham County, Georgia, Juvenile Court, 2014
Judicial Leadership Organizational Assessment for the Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts, 2014
Operational Review of the Circuit Court of Cook County’s Pretrial Services Unit of the Adult Probation Department for the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, 2014
Shared Solutions Summit 2.0—Competencies of a High Performing Texas Court—Facilitation to Develop and Implement Performance Standards in Texas Courts for the Texas Office of Court Administration (SJI Grant), 2014
Analysis of Regional Courts of Limited Jurisdiction for the Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts (SJI Grant), 2013
Assessment to Improve Probate Matters for the Maricopa County, Arizona, Superior Court (SJI Grant), 2013
Court Consolidation Study for Franklin Municipal Court, Lebanon Municipal Court, and Warren County Court, Ohio, 2013
Evaluation of Organizational Structure between Supreme and Superior Courts of the Virgin Islands (SJI Grant), 2013
Organizational Structure and Workflow Evaluation for the Criminal Division of the City of Seattle, Washington, City Attorney’s Office, 2013
Review of Municipal Court Operations for Stone Mountain, Georgia, 2013
Study on Transfer of Courtroom Clerks from Office of the Clerk to the Court for the Marion, Indiana, Superior Court, 2013
Study of Indigent Defense Assignments in Felony Cases for Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 2013
Administrative Office Review of the Court of the York County, Pennsylvania Common Pleas (SJI Grant), 2012
Court Assessment of the Des Moines, Washington Municipal Court (SJI Grant), 2012
District Court Consolidation Study for Dearborn Heights, Garden City, Inkster, Wayne, and Westland, Michigan, 2012
Efficiency Review of Cleveland Municipal Court, Ohio Housing Division, 2012
Feasibility Study for Henry County, Indiana Courts and Clerk’s Office, 2012
Operational Assessment of the New Hampshire Administrative Office of the Courts (SJI grant), 2011-2012
Operational Efficiency Study for the Superior and Circuit Courts of Hendricks County, Indiana (SJI Grant), 2012
Operations and Efficiency Study for the Phoenix, Arizona Municipal Court, 2012
Performance Evaluation of Prince George’s County, Maryland Circuit Court (SJI Grant), 2012
Review of Management Structure for the San Mateo, California Superior Court, 2012
Review of Procedures for the City of Greeley, Colorado Municipal Court, 2012
Assessment of Clerical Office and Caseflow Management in Muscogee County, Georgia Superior Court (SJI Grant), 2011
Assist the Louisiana Supreme Court with District Courts’ Compliance with Civil Rules, 2011
Assistance with Court Unification in Clark County, Indiana, 2011
Court Consolidation Study for Mahoning County, Ohio Bar Association (SJI Grant), 2011
Operational Assessment of the Fulton County, Georgia Juvenile Court (SJI Grant), 2011
Operational Assessment of Massachusetts Appeal Court and Report Presentation, 2011
Operational Efficiency Study of the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas (SJI Grant), 2011
Organizational Review of the Administrative Office of the Georgia Courts (Part 2) (SJI Grant), 2011
Organizational Study of the Office of the Superior Court Clerk, Bullock County, Georgia, 2011
Performance Audit of the Trial Courts of the Twentieth Judicial District of Tennessee for the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, 2011
Re-Engineer Processes and Structures to Meet the Challenging Fiscal and Political Climate for the Vermont Supreme Court, 2011
Re-Engineering the State Courts in Response to Budget Cutbacks: Phase II (SJI Grant), 2011
Re-Engineering the State Courts in Response to Budget Cutbacks: Phase III (SJI Grant), 2011
Review of Court Case Processing Practices and Procedures for the Minnesota Supreme Court, 2011
Review of the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office for the Arkansas Supreme Court, 2011
Supporting and Coordinating State and Local Efforts to Better Understand and Address the Impact of Illegal Immigration on State Courts (SJI Grant), 2011
Administrative Infrastructure Review for the South Dakota Unified Judicial System (SJI Grant), 2010
Assessment of the Charleston, South Carolina Municipal Court, 2010
Assessment of Montgomery, Texas Municipal Court, 2010
Assessment of the Office of the Court Administrator for the Fulton County Superior Court, Georgia (SJI Grant), 2010
Assist State Courts to Maintain Appropriate Level Services by Re-Engineering in Response to Budget Cutbacks (Phase I) (SJI Grant), 2010
Consulting Assistance to Evaluate Policies and Procedures for the Clerk’s Office and Court Operations for the City of Littleton, Colorado Municipal Court, 2010
Evaluate the Criminal Justice System for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court, Florida, 2010
Examination of the Governance System for the Administrative Office of the Florida Courts, 2010
Organizational Review of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands, 2010
Preliminary Assessment of the Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts (Part 1), 2010
Re-Inventing Rural Justice (Re-engineering Project) for the Eight Judicial District, Minnesota (SJI Grant), 2010
Review of the Administrative Office of Courts for Kentucky Court of Justice, 2010
Review of the Beaverton, Oregon, Municipal Court, 2010
Study of Management for the 24th Judicial District (Gretna) Louisiana, 2010
Audit and Review of the Performance and Management Practices of the Office of The Clerk of Fulton County Superior Court, Georgia, 2009
City of Garfield Heights, Ohio Municipal Court Management Audit, 2009
Court Efficiency Study for Hendricks County, Indiana Court (Subcontractor to Banning Engineering), 2009
Evaluation of the Civil and Criminal Justice Systems for the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, Kingston, Washington, 2009
Facility Utilization Study of the District Court for Polk County, Iowa, 2009
Operational Assessment of the Taylorville, Utah, Justice Court, 2009
Organizational Review and Development of a Strategic Plan for the Alabama Administrative Office of the Courts, 2009
Review of Form Redundancy for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Lake County, Illinois, 2009
A Strategic Plan and Time Standards for the Supreme Court of the Northern Mariana Islands, 2008
Assessment and Redesign of Access and Service Delivery for the Minnesota State Court Administrator, 2008
Assistance to the Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts to Develop Strategies to Assist with Better Communication and Education of the Judiciary and General Public, 2008
Audit of Lakewood, Colorado Municipal Court, 2008
British Columbia, Canada Assistance in Developing a Centralized Bail Model, 2008
Conduct Surveys of Court Customers and Court Employees in the Superior Courts of Colusa, Nevada, Tehama, and Yuba Counties, California, 2008
Court System Assessment Study for the Board of County Commissioners, Escambia County, Florida, 2008
Court System Assessment Study for the Escambia County, Florida Board of County Commissioners, 2008
Develop a Strategic Plan for the Georgia Supreme Court’s Committee on Civil Justice, 2008
Facilitation of the Rural Courts Retreat and Follow-up Assistance with Strategic Planning for the Unified Judicial System of South Dakota, 2008
Meeting Assistance to the Houston, Texas Municipal Court to Clarify and Align The Strategic Plans of the Administrative, Judicial, and Prosecutorial Offices, 2008
Newark, New Jersey Municipal Court Operations Review, 2008
Operational Assessment and Development of a Policy and Procedures Manual For Surprise, Arizona City Court, 2008
Operational Efficiency Assessment of the Fifteenth Judicial District Court, City of Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2008
Organizational and Operational Assessment of the Clerk’s Office of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, 2008
Phase I and Phase II - Assist with Strategic Plan Development for the Superior Court of Thurston County, Washington, 2008
Planning, Facilitation, and Guidance for the Strategic Planning Retreat for The Judicial Information System Committee, Washington Administrative Office of the Courts, 2008
Records Management Consultant Project for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Capital Assets Management, 2008
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Records Management Study, 2008
Review the Governance Structure and Assist with Recruitment of New Court, 2008
Administrator for the 22nd Circuit Court in McHenry County, Illinois, 2008
Review the Roles and Responsibilities of the Office of the Georgia State Court Administrator, 2008
Study of the Row Office Consolidation for the Orphans’ Court, Family Division, Civil Division and Criminal Division of the Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania, 2008
Assessment of Juvenile Court System for Shelby County, Tennessee, 2007
Assistance in Initiating Operations of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands Business Practice Analysis for the Lake County, Indiana Superior and Circuit, 2007
Courts (subcontractor to MAXIMUS) Facilitation of Strategic Planning Meeting of the Colorado Inter-Agency Advisory Committee on Adult and Juvenile Correctional Treatment, 2007
Facilitation of Strategic Planning of the Missouri Unified Family Court for the Eleventh and Twenty-fifth Circuits for the Office of Court Administration, 2007
IT Strategic Plan for the South Dakota Unified Judicial System, 2007
Operational Review of the Court Services Department in the Tenth Judicial District Court, Sherburne County, Minnesota, 2007
Operations and Staffing Assessment of the Atlanta, Georgia Municipal Court’s Public Defenders Office, 2007
Organizational Assessment for McKean County, Pennsylvania, 2007
Planning for an Inquiry into the Trial Court Culture for the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio, 2007
Presentations on Strategic Planning and IT Governance, Assessment of Current Technology Systems, and Creating the Vision to Move Forward at the Oklahoma Court System Symposium, 2007
Training Session on Development in Trial Court Governance and Leadership, 2007
Education at the Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Presiding Judges Conduct Judicial Retreat for Cochise County, Arizona, Superior Court, 2006
Pinal County, Arizona, Long-term Court Strategic Plan, 2006
Travis County, Texas, Assess Document Management System, 2006
A Review of Pretrial Services and Atlanta Victim Assistance for the City of Atlanta, Georgia, 2005
Bradford County, Pennsylvania Operations Review (Technical Assistance), 2005
Customer Service Evaluation of the Territorial Court U. S. Virgin Islands, 2005
Greene County, Ohio, Operational Review of the Court of Common Pleas, 2005
Judiciary of Guam, Review of Management Practices, Judicial Workload, Caseflow and Personnel Efficiencies, 2005
Knox County, Tennessee, Business Process Review of General Sessions and Criminal Court Clerk’s Offices, 2005
Management Audit of the Salt Lake City, Utah Justice Court (subcontractor to Matrix Consulting Group), 2005
Operational Assessment of the Clerk of Court’s Office, Virginia Beach Virginia General District Court, 2005
Pinal County, Arizona, Superior Court, Operational Review and Workflow Analysis, 2005
Process Improvement and Re-engineering Efforts in New Hampshire Courts, 2005
Puerto Rico Judicial System, Study of Unionization of Court Employees, 2005
Records Management Review for Chatham County, Georgia Superior Court, 2005
Review of the Clerk’s Office, Galveston County, Texas, 2005
Review of Court Operations of the Grandview, Missouri, Municipal Court, 2005
Seventh Judicial District of Minnesota, Study of the Management and Administrative Structure, 2005
Carroll County, Georgia, Evaluation of the Drug Court, 2004
Chatham County, Georgia, Superior Court, Organization and Management Review, 2004
Cherokee County, Georgia, Superior Court Assist in Development of RFP for Case and Case and Document Management Systems, 2004
Cook County, Illinois, Clerk of Circuit Court, Develop Information Technology Strategic Plan, 2004
Evaluation of the Florida Supreme Court Library (Technical Assistance), 2004
Examination of Juror Selection in Allen Superior Court, Allen Circuit Court, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, 2004
First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, Family Court Division of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Financial Analysis, Review of Grant Reimbursement Practices, and Organizational Analysis, 2004
Florida Courts Technology Commission Implementation of Electronic Filing for the Clerk, 2004
Florida Office of State Court Administrator, Operations Review of IT Department, 2004
Fourth District Court of Nebraska, Management Assessment, 2004
Greene County, Ohio, Operational Review of the Court of Common Pleas, 2004
Louisiana 24th Judicial District Court Management and Organizational Assessment, 2004
Minnesota Judicial Branch Technical Analysis of Uniform Court Practice #18, 2004
Minnesota Technical Analysis of Uniform Court Practice #18, 2004
Missouri Office of the State Courts Administrator, 31st Judicial Circuit Family Court Review, 2004
Monitoring Family Court Outcomes in the District of Columbia Court: Implementing Tools to Measure and Improve Court Performance in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases, 2004
Osceola County, Florida, Circuit County Courts, the Adoption and Implementation of Electronic Document Filing Systems, 2004
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, Evaluation of Criminal Justice Advisory Boards, 2004
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Court of Common Pleas, Assessment of Civil Programs, 2004
Pinal County, Arizona, Assistance with Strategic Planning, 2004
South Dakota Unified Judicial System, Review of ICWA Compliance, 2004
Town of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, Performance Audit, 2004
Urbana, Ohio, Operational Assessment of the Urbana Municipal Court, 2004
Utah Administrative Office of the Courts, Technology Strategic Plan, 2004